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800858

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether there are plans to review sentencing guidelines for rape committed by people under 18.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	902762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Sentencing guidelines are not set by the Ministry of Justice. They are set by the independant Sentencing Council.</p><p>I can however confirm, new guidelines on sentencing under 18s for sexual offences came into effect in June.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:32:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

800856

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government plans to take to ensure the effective operation of the UK legal system after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	902760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government have made it a top priority to ensure that there is a smooth legal transition, both in our negotiations with the EU and as a matter for our domestic implementing legislation.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:44:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

800857

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of trends in access to justice resulting from court and tribunal service closures in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	902761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We are investing over £1bn to transform our justice system providing new ways to access justice online, reducing the need to travel to a court or tribunal building in many cases.</p><p>We will continue to monitor the performance of the justice system as we roll out our programme of reforms.</p><p>Any court or tribunal that we are considering closing is done so through a consultation and an impact assessment is published alongside this.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/12/2017 17:33:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

810078

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the the Written Statement of 28 February 2017, HCWS506, on Update on the Children and Social Work Bill, whether it is his policy that those same parents will be eligible for non-means and non-merits tested legal aid for opposing an adoption order and for legal representation at the adoption hearing.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	120544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is still considering the issue of legal aid eligibility for parents seeking to challenge these types of placement order.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 14:55:00 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

797510

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to the House of Lords European Union Committee on 31 October, how many civil servants his Department (a) has recruited and (b) expects to recruit to work on leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	116473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK’s departure from the European Union impacts upon most areas of departmental business.</p><p>Whilst staff within the Department’s Global Britain Directorate lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues, a number of staff across the department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required.</p><p>Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 06/12/2017 12:46:00 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

809735

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 28 February 2017, HCWS506 on Update on the Children and Social Work Bill what the timetable is for the eligibility rules to come into force.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	120355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is still considering the issue of legal aid eligibility for parents seeking to challenge these types of placement order.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/01/2018 14:54:41 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

805101

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Supreme Court's ruling on 26 July 2017, what his Department's policy in on reintroducing employment tribunal fees at a lower level than the Supreme Court deemed unlawful in July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the judgment very carefully and will set out any proposals for future fees in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/12/2017 14:28:32 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

797889

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Proceedings: Forensic Science
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is a requirement for firms supplying forensic services in support of family court cases to be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 standards.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	116796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>When forensic expert evidence is commissioned by a party or their legal adviser for the purposes of a family court case, there is no requirement currently for such tests to meet any specific scientific testing standard. The court will consider the veracity of that evidence as for any other expert evidence.</p><p> </p><p>In a family court case where the court directs that a DNA test be undertaken to establish paternity, that test must be carried out by a laboratory accredited by the Ministry of Justice for that specific purpose. Those laboratories must hold current ISO 17025 accreditation.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 06/12/2017 12:46:42 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

805130

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of changes to the availability of the early legal help component of legal aid on the expenditure of other Government departments.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	118802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor recently announced the beginning of the Government’s Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which will fulfil our commitment to Parliament to assess the legal aid changes made by the Act. This will include an analysis of data collected by the Legal Aid Agency and other institutions in order to ensure that the public is receiving both value for money and access to a world leading legal system.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/12/2017 14:33:24 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 30512 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804543

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has any plans to amend section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	118745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Our report on section 41 and how it operates in practice including further steps the Government is taking was published on 14 December 2017 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/12/2017 14:32:32 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts